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I have been using 3G watchdog to see how much data I am actually using. I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan and at the end of the month (near the end) I have only used 1.5GB! I have been tethering my laptop, my Xbox 360 (netflix and Battlefield), I have also been streaming Pandora and Youtube videos. As well as downloading apps, etc.
I also have auto sync for weather, email, and facebook.
How the heck have people been using up so much data?
Haha, I hear ya. I max out under 2GB each month and I have unlimited as well. I have no idea what other people are doing. Maybe they don't have internet at home. I can see myself easily using way more than that if I'm tethering at home as well.
well I wasnt using wi-fi at home and I had to reinstall apps multiple times(before TiBU) so that was alot of usage right there but to be honest I dont really see a reason to tether the phone with these abysmal speeds
I can see myself going over... when Im not near wifi I download my torrents (this includes movies and gigs of free apk's I find out there) with my 3G and this isn't me tethering lol I just download straight to my phone
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I have been using 3G watchdog to see how much data I am actually using. I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan and at the end of the month (near the end) I have only used 1.5GB! I have been tethering my laptop, my Xbox 360 (netflix and Battlefield), I have also been streaming Pandora and Youtube videos. As well as downloading apps, etc.
I also have auto sync for weather, email, and facebook.
How the heck have people been using up so much data?
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Wow, if I tether my laptop I'll be using over 25 gigs per month!
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drock212 said:
I can see myself going over... when Im not near wifi I download my torrents (this includes movies and gigs of free apk's I find out there) with my 3G and this isn't me tethering lol I just download straight to my phone
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What app for torrents?
blaque72 said:
well I wasnt using wi-fi at home and I had to reinstall apps multiple times(before TiBU) so that was alot of usage right there but to be honest I dont really see a reason to tether the phone with these abysmal speeds
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I Seattle the speeds have been pretty good for me. I have just have my XBox connected then I can play games online smoothly with no lag.
bleuiko said:
What app for torrents?
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Adownloader search torrent in the app store and it'll pop up. Its the best free one out there
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Magic_Bunny said:
I have been using 3G watchdog to see how much data I am actually using. I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan and at the end of the month (near the end) I have only used 1.5GB! I have been tethering my laptop, my Xbox 360 (netflix and Battlefield), I have also been streaming Pandora and Youtube videos. As well as downloading apps, etc.
I also have auto sync for weather, email, and facebook.
How the heck have people been using up so much data?
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Not buying it. You either use WiFi 28 days a month, or you only tethered for 30 seconds a day.
I tethered my laptop to watch a few videos, (under 5 minutes each, maybe 5-10 videos total, SD) instant messengers, and just general browsing, and my xbox to download some DLC. 8GB, and I was limiting myself to an hour a day on my laptop, and trying to skip days if possible. Not to mention constant app updates (per month, god, between 20-100?) this was a few months back, I have home internet now, so it's not an issue anymore. But no, I don't buy 1.5GB. Sorry.
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When I had unlimited on my tigers htc dream I tethered to my lappy... I was using lime 50-200gb a month easily. Now with Atrix 1.8gb but wifi monitor apps would say I used atleast 5gb this month. Also ttorrent off market is good.3 dollars and unlimited dl speed. I hit speeds of up to 2.6 mb/s =)
Do most of you using massive amounts of data not have access to wifi or choose not to use it for some reason?
I think I'm able to use wifi for at least 75% of the time, so I don't really end up using much network data. I'm not even close to 1 GB with only a few days left in the billing cycle according to my account page. It definitely feels like I use at least 1-2 GB of data in a month (including wifi) so I got an app to satisfy my curiosity. Interested in seeing how much I actually use. I've only tethered a couple times since I often have access to wifi, so I'm sure that really slows my network usage.
I use wifi 80% of the time, since March 4th, I've used about 500mb of 3G and 3GB of wifi.
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I got my rezound around 2 1/2 weeks ago and as of this posting I have used 7.022 gb (I'm 15 days into the 31 days of the billing cycle). This is the highest I've ever used so I was just wondering..what is amount of data everyone uses on a normal basis and what the Max amount of data you ever used? Does having a 4g phone significantly increase data usage? I haven't done anything special that I didn't do with my old 3g phone..
average for me is about 50GB/month. most i've ever used was like 110GB(tethered & downloaded/installed all my steam games on my new laptop).
i do a lot of streaming & tethering.
if you're unlimited, don't worry. they only care if 3g users are using too much data.
I use about 7 gigs a month on rare occasions.. depends how much netflix i watch.. i usually use about 2-4 gigs a month on average.
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voxigenboy said:
average for me is about 50GB/month. most i've ever used was like 110GB(tethered & downloaded/installed all my steam games on my new laptop).
i do a lot of streaming & tethering.
if you're unlimited, don't worry. they only care if 3g users are using too much data.
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That's crazy..everyone keeps saying verizon throttles, did you get throttled?
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average for me is about 50GB/month. most i've ever used was like 110GB(tethered & downloaded/installed all my steam games on my new laptop).
i do a lot of streaming & tethering.
if you're unlimited, don't worry. they only care if 3g users are using too much data.
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I used 25gigs last month. glad to know I'm not in the top 5%
Used like twenty last billing cycle, so far two thus far.
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That's crazy..everyone keeps saying verizon throttles, did you get throttled?
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i've never been throttled and know someone who always goes over 100gb and never gets throttled either. had heard from a verizon employee that they only care about people on 3g using too much data. apparently there's plenty of 4g to go around.
I've used 5gb in the past 4 days.. Average 25-50ish. I also load obscene amounts of webpages lol
22G last month and am at 15G this month. Use easy teather for my laptop alot streaming Netflix
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voxigenboy said:
average for me is about 50GB/month. most i've ever used was like 110GB(tethered & downloaded/installed all my steam games on my new laptop).
i do a lot of streaming & tethering.
if you're unlimited, don't worry. they only care if 3g users are using too much data.
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Haha Big Red can suck on my unlimited data plan. I WILL NEVAR GIVE IT UP. NEVARRRRRR!!!!!!
I've used about 2GB a month on my Rezound... less than I thought I would actually.
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60 gb per month. when i was in virginia using 3g , i was throttled even using thunderbolt. now in chicago with average 60, never had a connection on 4g less than 7 down and 4 up. usually my speed runs 15 down and 10 up on rezound.
I use 2-3GB max.
Who cares. I have unlimited
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Haha Big Red can suck on my unlimited data plan. I WILL NEVAR GIVE IT UP. NEVARRRRRR!!!!!!
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until everyone is on a lte device (verizon has stated they are not making anymore 3g smartphones, which leads everyone to believe the next iphone will have lte), and then I would guess throttling will come into play.
Personally I use on average about 7-8gb a month. But I don't tether. I prefer a wired connection for my home internet, much more stable speeds and reliability.
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Thanks for the input..I'm glad to see I'm not the one using so much data. For a while I thought that myverizon data counter was rigged.
damn i wish i had UNLIMITED DATA or 4g, i dont even know wat the 4g icon look like lol im on wifi all day every day so i average less then 1gig a month jus thinking bout changing my data to 750mbs but dont wanna lose my 4gig
Damn, some of you live it up haha.
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Damn, some of you live it up haha.
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This is the only fast unlimited. I'm enjoying this.
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Is there any app that hides my usage from att? Even though iam not tethering i would like to hide my usage they send me a letter saying iam one of top 5% that uses data heavily and that they would lower my speeds if i keep using my "unlimited" plan
So stupid ill sue them if they do
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not possible. plus that's fraud.
Ik its fraud but wouldnt be fraud from them to lower my speeeds cause i sign a contract for unlimited meaning all i want to use if they drop it to E is like not having internet is useless..... And thank you anyways
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Its data on there network, how do u propose to hide it? Also u are unlimited, just throttled. They arnt limiting the amount of data. Common Sense?
Want to hide your data usage from AT&T? Use wifi.
There is a way to hide the data u tether thats why i wondered if there was an app for hiding the actual amount that we use....... I guess not thank u all for ur time and explanations
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jeanmauri90 said:
There is a way to hide the data u tether thats why i wondered if there was an app for hiding the actual amount that we use....... I guess not thank u all for ur time and explanations
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You can't hide ANY data while using their network. All you can do is hide the fact that you ARE tethering, not that you're using extra data all of a sudden.
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Its data on there network, how do u propose to hide it? Also u are unlimited, just throttled. They arnt limiting the amount of data. Common Sense?
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Just to play devils advocate here:
By throttling they technically are limiting the amount of data. If you can only download at .3Mbps that means you are only able to download ~97GB in a 30 day period. Say you get throttled for the last week of your billing cycle that means you can only download 22GB that week. This is opposed to the ~260GB you could download on HSPA, the ~590GB you could download in a week at HSPA+ speeds, and the ~2.2TB you could download in a week at LTE speeds.
Yes this does prove there is no such thing as an unlimited plan, but it does prove that they are limiting the amount of data you can download in a given period of time.
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Just to play devils advocate here:
By throttling they technically are limiting the amount of data. If you can only download at .3Mbps that means you are only able to download ~97GB in a 30 day period. Say you get throttled for the last week of your billing cycle that means you can only download 22GB that week. This is opposed to the ~260GB you could download on HSPA, the ~590GB you could download in a week at HSPA+ speeds, and the ~2.2TB you could download in a week at LTE speeds.
Yes this does prove there is no such thing as an unlimited plan, but it does prove that they are limiting the amount of data you can download in a given period of time.
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That's a good point. I'm sure that would work if someone wanted to take AT&T to small claims court. But then again as long as I've had "unlimited" through them, there was always a 5GB cap that was spelled out in the fine print of my contract. The only exception to that was for iPhone users. That's the only reason I switched to an iPhone a couple years back.
What contract? There is no contract for data, only for voice. There are Terms of Service but no contract.
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Is there any app that hides my usage from att? Even though iam not tethering i would like to hide my usage they send me a letter saying iam one of top 5% that uses data heavily and that they would lower my speeds if i keep using my "unlimited" plan
So stupid ill sue them if they do
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Take them to small claims court. They've already lost once before recently for throttling. http://consumerist.com/2012/03/att-writes-check-to-victor-in-small-claims-court-suit.html
I just exceeded the 5G limit and they lowered my speeds down to 0.60mbps or lower at some points.... they said my speedz will be back when my next billing cycle starts
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Switch to Sprint.
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down to .60 mbps? thats not bad.. I'm on Sprint and 3g usually averages .50 mbps..
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down to .60 mbps? thats not bad.. I'm on Sprint and 3g usually averages .50 mbps..
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That's because sprint and Verizon's 3g blows. 3g on ATT is faster than Wimax 4g for sprint in most areas.
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I just exceeded the 5G limit and they lowered my speeds down to 0.60mbps or lower at some points.... they said my speedz will be back when my next billing cycle starts
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that really sucks that they're limiting you, I assume you're in a busy area and that's going to be expected. Like one of the other posters suggested, try using WiFi. If I recall you can cruise to any place that has AT&T wifi and get it free (like starbucks and McDonalds and sams club) and do your major downloading there. I know that isn't on the go, but if you want a coffee, it isn't the worst suggestion.
I have had the same question for awhile now. I am using Simple mobile 4G unlimited data (so they so boldly advertize until they shut you down). I really wanted to take advantage of the "Mobile on the go". In my vehicle I have Bluetooth that would allow me to stream music on the go (On my long commute through Houston everyday), or use Netflix on that long tripe with the family & tether to my Tablet to take care of business, stream, movies. You get the point.
As for down loading, I am not sure why you would want to do any major downloading through a phone anyway. Using your home network is much better for major downloading.
This is my experience with ATT Unlimited Data Plan:
I got grandfathered into the unlimited data plan through my old iphone original, if my memory serves me correct. I don't use data heavily like some of you do and I tether infrequently. Last summer, we were at a community swimming pool where we live and I let my daughter to tether to my Samsung android phone. My daughter at the time had an iphone 3gs. About two weeks later, I got a nasty message from att telling me that they noticed that I was tethering and that they will put me on an appropriate data plan if I don't call them back. So, I called and played dumb and they told me that if I ever tether again, they will go ahead and terminate my unlimited data plan.
I received a Samsung Note 10.1 (model #8013) for christmas, and guess what? I have tethered the tablet to my android phone, thinking they won't notice the android traffic coming from an android phone. I have been careful, not downloading tablet-specific apps from the play store and such. Also, I only tether when there's no wifi, it's the last resort. It's been over a month and I haven't heard from them. I am sure ATT is chomping at the bits to get me so they can get rid of one more unlimited data user.
Am I committing a fraud? Maybe. I'd like to think I am engaging in a civil disobedience against an unjust power.
Isn't AT&T also committing a fraud, when they are advertisizing "unlimited" when in fact there's a limit?
The amount of data is unlimited. And they do warn you if you go above a certain amount they will throttle you down. And they let you know the plan is for one phone only and offer you a tethering add-on. They offer thousands of free hotspots for heavy downloaders and give you an app to find them.
Its their superhighway - you just pay the tolls and follow the rules. You don't like them, but it's not fraud on their part.
My area has had LTE for I'd say about 3 weeks now and since then I haven't used my WiFi because the LTE speeds are equal to or greater than my WiFi speeds. I just checked and I have used 11gb of 4G data this since 12/8. So my question is that a lot of data or do you all go a lot higher than that without Sprint crying? I find it funny because a guy I work with has Verizon with a 2gb cap and pays at least $30/month more. I can finally say I love Sprint and the service.
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I'm around 8 GB on 3g. Lots of Pandora. I don't think sprint will notice.
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I listen to Spotify and I heart radio 6 days a week for 9 hours a day. I don't have WiFi access at work. I use 15-20 GB a month. I know some will say that is abuse but I've never heard anything. Its what I have a phone for...to use data. Its why I have stayed with Sprint. Before I got the LTEvo I shopped around...VZO laughed and said stay put when I told them how much data I used.
I've been consistently getting 30 mbps easily and I've gone 11 GB into my cycle in 10 days. And my connection has been slow like this for this last 2 days. Network optimization my ass. This is complete crap (MOD edit: profanity removed).
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Optimizing or throttling? 11gb leads me to believe you have an unlimited plan and they have begun throttling you...but who knows...either way it sucks when a network slows you speeds down
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Optimizing or throttling? 11gb leads me to believe you have an unlimited plan and they have begun throttling you...but who knows...either way it sucks when a network slows you speeds down
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I use those quotes loosely. They are throttling me. I am on unlimited and have never had any issues with throttled speeds until recently. I'm referring to the network optimization for unlimited data plans where they throttle only when you're using a tower that's congested and you're over only 4.7 GB of data for a month which is the average. That's complete crap (again mod edit) because now that roughly 78% of Verizon users are on a tiered data plan and I'm sure a majority of them only use their 2GB to prevent overage charges.
Anyways, they stated it wouldn't start until October and I'm already experiencing decreased speeds.
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I use those quotes loosely. They are throttling me. I am on unlimited and have never had any issues with throttled speeds until recently. I'm referring to the network optimization for unlimited data plans where they throttle only when you're using a tower that's congested and you're over only 4.7 GB of data for a month which is the average. That's complete crap (again mod edit) because now that roughly 78% of Verizon users are on a tiered data plan and I'm sure a majority of them only use their 2GB to prevent overage charges.
Anyways, they stated it wouldn't start until October and I'm already experiencing decreased speeds.
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What did you get before that? Personally I wouldn't down on 30 to much. Came from att was lucky on lte to get 25
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What did you get before that? Personally I wouldn't down on 30 to much. Came from att was lucky on lte to get 25
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No I'm getting throttled down to about 3 mbps. I've been trying to post a screenshot of my speeds but it won't post on the xda app. Going from 30 mps to 3 mbps is a pretty significant decrease in my opinion.
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No I'm getting throttled down to about 3 mbps. I've been trying to post a screenshot of my speeds but it won't post on the xda app. Going from 30 mps to 3 mbps is a pretty significant decrease in my opinion.
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I'm sure it's already started. I live out in the boondocks (with a tower not far from me that doesn't server any large towns, but DOES service a semi-major highway), and I went over 4.7GB last week and, sure enough, as soon as I went over, BAM! My 12-15mbps speed went down to .5-1.5mbps.
I was tethering, but I don't pull a TON of data each month (I hover around 10-11GB for the month, at the most); I mainly use it as low-latency connections for online games.
there's no way that tower was 'crowded' at that time of night (9PM). Speeds weren't restored until morning.
If they throttle us down to 3mbps its still a lot better that att and tmob throttling down to 56kbps from what I've read previously lol
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Yeah I've heard that the throttling was supposed to be in October but it seems they got the months mixed up. I've been unlimited for years and up to today I haven't experienced any slow down. Where I live is not a congested stress I wouldn't think but that doesn't mean they won't start on me as well. My speed is only around 10 down at anytime with any phone but i wouldn't want to show down much more. I knew sooner or later they would get us. Jesse
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I don't see how is legal to throttle unlimited at 5 gig and not throttle a 10 gig plan at 5 gig.
It seems like it would be but that don't mean they won't do it anyway. Jesse
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Seems like a class action suite may be in order.
What I would like to see is how the "average" of 4.7 GB was calculated.
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11GB in 10 days?
Maybe it's because I never had the luxury of ever having unlimited data because when I got my first smartphone, Verizon had already gotten rid of unlimited and I haven't ever been on a different carrier, but I can't even begin to fathom how someone can uses that much data unless they do some serious media consumption/torrenting daily.
I don't even know what I'd do with unlimited data. ~3GB is my monthly usage.
Sucks that Verizon is going to throttle unlimited users, but they'll do ANYTHING to get you off of the plan (other than pay you to).
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11GB in 10 days?
Maybe it's because I never had the luxury of ever having unlimited data because when I got my first smartphone, Verizon had already gotten rid of unlimited and I haven't ever been on a different carrier, but I can't even begin to fathom how someone can uses that much data unless they do some serious media consumption/torrenting daily.
I don't even know what I'd do with unlimited data. ~3GB is my monthly usage.
Sucks that Verizon is going to throttle unlimited users, but they'll do ANYTHING to get you off of the plan (other than pay you to).
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I could use 10 GB in a day, easily. Downloaded a couple 3GB 1080p movies in that time period. I use it for my girlfriend's house as a wifi hotspot constantly. I use it for streaming Netflix. Once my 2 TB portable hard drive comes in. I'm going to start my quest for using 1 TB of data in a month as one final screw you to Verizon
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Heck I can easily use 10GB in one day downloading ROMs. Certainly can use 10GB in 10 days using my Slingbox as well. Not that hard at all to do.
Thankfully I haven't seen the optimization happen yet and I am running at about 10gB per month. What will be interesting is how bad it gets when verizon starts turning on all the VoLTE cities and seeing how quickly the unlimited data customers get optimized into hell because they need the bandwidth for the voice data.
Complain to the FCC chairman - the selective throttling of udp customers is not network optimization, it is profit optimization. They are fine with a user using 100GB a month if they pay $375/mo for it; they are not fine with you using 5GB/mo if you only pay $29.99/mo for it.
Verizon's throttling has nothing to do with network congestion and everything to do with profit maximization.
Here is where you complain:
fcc.gov/leadership/tom-wheeler-mail
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Complain to the FCC chairman - the selective throttling of udp customers is not network optimization, it is profit optimization. They are fine with a user using 100GB a month if they pay $375/mo for it; they are not fine with you using 5GB/mo if you only pay $29.99/mo for it.
Verizon's throttling has nothing to do with network congestion and everything to do with profit maximization.
Here is where you complain:
fcc.gov/leadership/tom-wheeler-mail
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still haven't seen any slowdown, but i live in a rural area. As long as they stick to their statement about when they will throttle, i should be fine. Averaging 13gbs a month mostly streaming music and flashing roms.